Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a sexual assault in Meadow Mead, Brimsham near Yate. The incident occurred on Sunday 18th April 2010 at around 12am. An unknown offender followed the victim as she entered Meadow Mead via the cut-through from Spar Pools Lake. He took hold of her shoulders from behind before sexually assaulting her. The offender
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Police have arrested two men after hundreds of Virgin Media set-top boxes, smartcards and cloned cable modems were seized during a raid. Officers worked with Virgin Media on the operation to stop the illegal modification of digital TV set-top boxes and cable modems, used for accessing broadband internet services. Four addresses in Downend Road, Trinity Court, Dursley Road and Cross
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Police are seeking the public’s help to recover two stolen bikes – one of which belongs to a 10-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer. They were taken overnight between 5pm on Sunday April 11 and 11am on Monday April 12 form a property in Edgeworth, Yate. Both bikes were Apollo mountain bikes – one with 26ins wheels and the other with 20ins
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Residents are invited to have their say on proposals for improvements to cycling facilities in South Gloucestershire as part of the Cycling City project. A proposed new route will provide a link from the University of the West of England (UWE) south to Broomhill and then onto cycle routes into Bristol. The new route will provide a choice of off-road
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a verbal altercation between two motorists in Hanham. The incident occurred on Sunday 4th April 2010 at around 6.30pm outside Beacon Rise Primary School. The driver of the number 6 First bus service was involved in a verbal altercation with a motorist in a Honda car and the road was blocked by
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South Gloucestershire Council has completed a footpath which links Tytherington to Thornbury, thanks to a grant from Natural England. The footpath, which has been well received locally, runs from Tytherington village to Thornbury town centre and provides residents with a safer pedestrian route to their local town. The new 300-metre section of path runs along Tytherington Road next to the
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Police are appealing for witnesses after some friends were assaulted on a playing field. The incident happened at around 8.20pm on Friday 9 April, 2010. Eight friends in their late teens and early twenties were at Redfield Edge Playing Fields in Oldland Common when they were approached by a group of up to 15 men who were aged 15 or
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information following a driving incident at the M4, M5 interchange on Sunday, March 21. At around 11.50am a grey Citroen Picasso was travelling along the M5 just passed the junction with the M4, when it’s alleged that another vehicle – a silver Honda Accord – cut into its path. The altercation between the
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Community radio station Gloss FM is reaching out to local schools thanks to a grant from South Gloucestershire Council. The popular radio station, previously Thornbury FM, is widening its broadcast area across South Gloucestershire during April and schools across the district will be joining in when Gloss FM starts broadcasting on Monday 19 April. Thanks to a grant of more
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South Gloucestershire police have helped to fund a free football skills session for young people in Kingswood. The two-hour session for up to 50 youngsters has been organised by the Kings Meadow Community Flats committee. Committee member Chris Ray said: “Without the funding from the police and the free use of Kingswood Leisure Centre thanks to South Gloucestershire Leisure this
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